I am getting more in your boat everyday. It used to be that I would travel 1 1/2 hour to visit a store and spend a couple hours trying on packs. Now BOTH stores are no longer in business or have been bought out.

I would start with talk to your friends. Do they have the pack you are looking for? Do they have a similar one? They may know someone who haves that pack. Does the store have a return policy that would allow the return of a pack.

If I am going to spend some big bucks getting a pack, I will travel to a store that caries it so I can walk out with it.